Situated social identities constrain morally defensible choices: Commentary on Bennis, Medin, & Bartels (2010)

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-208

  Tetlock, Philip E ^a   Mitchell, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Intuitive politician; Sacred values; Situated identities; Taboo cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955419702     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691610362359     Document Type: Article

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